The Munsters Series 1 has arrived at online retailers' I haven't been to TRU to see if the retail versions are available yet. My set is the specialty versions and are in my Pile of Loot at BBTS. If they ever get DCUC Stargirl (or I find her at Target), I can finally ship that big 'ol pile

Hopefully these sell well enough so that there will be a Series 2, but Diamond missed the boat a little by having them arrive so late in October. I was hoping to feature them in a Halloween display, but that will have to wait until next year.

After finally having BBTS ship out my five month old Pile of Loot, I have... The Munsters! They are a very nice group of figures -- BIG! -- and are nice enough to stand as a group, in case we never get Eddie and Marilyn (and I have my doubts that they will ever get made). I'd have liked them for Halloween, but for now, they will stay MIP and go into the attic, or wherever I stored my other Halloween stuff, including The Peanuts and "Corpse Bride" figures, until next October.

One thing I noticed and am pleasantly surprised about... when I saw these in TRU, I thought the black paint wash on the faces was a little heavy and it was a tad disappointing. These do not have the heavy paint wash and the sculpts look that much better because of it.

I am kind of torn. I prefer the B&W versions because that's what I watched as kid. And I knew Diamond was going to make these, but would they have been made if the color versions didn't sell as well as they seemingly did?

I put in a pre-order for the set and I will probably keep my Marilyn & Eddie color set, just to finish off the color versions. I envy those who waited though and might even consider selling off my MIP color versions.